South Sudan Transitional Government

What’s making news on the African continent; we are zooming into South Sudan where South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar has agreed to re-join the government as the First Vice President on Friday, paving the way for the creation of the much-anticipated transitional government of national unity. Dr Machar, who leads the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO), met with President Salva Kiir in Juba on Thursday ahead of the February 22 deadline, and agreed to form the transitional administration. Here is the latest from Channel Africa’s correspondent James Shimanyula.